Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial biopsy of peripheral pulmonary lesions: How many specimens are necessary?

Respiration

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 128-134

  Huang, Chun Ta ^a   Tsai, Yi Ju ^b   Liao, Wei Yu ^a   Wu, Pei Chen ^a   Ho, Chao Chi ^a   Yu, Chong Jen ^a   Yang, Pan Chyr ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Endobronchial ultrasound; Peripheral pulmonary lesion; Specimen; Transbronchial biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND GUIDED TRANSBROCHIAL BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PERIPHERAL LUNG LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BRONCHOSCOPY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND-GUIDED FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS, PROBLEM-ORIENTED; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84864104949     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339412     Document Type: Article

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